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西洋拳

sai1 joeng4 kyun4

xi1 yang2 quan2

western boxing

Level: 3
This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese.

西洋拳

This word was added by Steph_fr on 21st Sep 2007 and last edited on 30th Oct 2008

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西 sai1 xi1 si1 yue1 - west
洋 joeng4 yang2 xiang2 - foreign; Western; imported; ocean
拳 kyun4 quan2 juan1 quan1 quan3 - fist; various forms of boxing

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